Axis.grid option

by Gert Vaartjes

Both vertical and horizontal axis of a Gantt Chart are rendered with the Axis.grid option enabled by default, which turns axis ticks into table cells.

Horizontal axis

The default settings for Gantt renders a dual datetime horizontal axis on the top of the chart. The tickInterval for the bottom horizontal axis is automatically determined, by the distribution of the series data points and available screen size. Respectively, the top axis is then assigned a higher date time interval. E.g. days-week, weeks-months, months-years. This logic is helpful when displaying Gantt charts on different devices. Highcharts Gantt automatically adapts and finds the right distribution of axis ticks based upon the screen size available.

Test the automatic date interval logic of the horizontal axis in the below example, by dragging the navigators handlebars.

If the min and maximum width of the chart is set, there is more control over the number of ticks displayed in the Gantt chart. This would allow for further customization of the labels and tickInterval properties on axis.

Vertical Axis

In a Gantt chart it is common to display a table on the left side of the chart to display task information, like task name, assignee and duration. Creating the table along the vertical axis, needs a categoryaxis.type. The tasks will be lined up and mapped to the table after setting the point.y value for each data point (task).

Example of defining a table along the vertical axis with Axis.grid option